The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation can help us predict how the Supreme Court will likely rule on birthright ...

In encampments like Fort Monroe, Union forces in the Civil War were joined by thousands of African-Americans seeking liberty ...

September 22 has been a date marked by pivotal events that have shaped the course of history across the globe.

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) -On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million enslaved in the ...

On December 31, 1862, our Nation marked the end of another year of civil war. At Shiloh and Seven Pines, Harpers Ferry and Antietam, brother had fought against brother. Sister had fought against ...

(The Root) — Most of the time, the original Emancipation Proclamation is put away for safekeeping, but for a few days each year, the handwritten document that formally established the freedom of all ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — One of the most important documents in American history will be on display at the Peoria Riverfront Museum beginning next year. The Emancipation Proclamation, which freed those ...

The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on September 22nd, 1862, but it didn't go into full effect until January 1, 1863. That historic proclamation didn't immediately ...

It's time to celebrate Juneteenth, the country's youngest federal holiday. Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...

Palm Beach land baron Ken Griffin likes old things. Like dinosaur bones. Last year, he paid $44.6 million for a late Jurassic-era stegosaurus skeleton that was subsequently named Apex. And paper stuff ...